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Topic: Commtech Stormtrooper Issues (Read 2395 times)

The CT Stormie is probably one of the most produced figures in the modern line... It's been seen repacked a number of times, it was in the popular 4-pack army builder sets... It's just a figure that's seen lots of production.

So I was going through my CT Stormies tonight doing a count on them and I have over 80 which I was surprised I didn't have 100. Kind of made me feel like I am a bit lazy but that's neither here nor there... My VOTC Stormies put me over 100 so that's cool.

The CT stormie rocked but I noticed something about the original figure... The temperature change "deco" on the chest is prone to yellowing. Not all of mine are, but a few were yellowing I noticed and they've been kept in an absolutely perfect environment (no smoking, etc.). I'm sure it's just the make up of the decoration itself... It's yellowing somewhat to how a decal yellows on model kits, and really the way it's applied it looks like it was some kind of a decal (there's even a clear film surrounding where the blast mark is).

Anyone else noticing this anyway? It's not major, and my figures aren't yellowing at the limbs and things, but it's just surprising to me a bit.

BTW 80 figures is impressive... Some are still in their white mailer boxes but I have 60 opened and once I get some hands casted for them (and lop off the stuck hands) this figure will be 100 times better. I put some spare Clone hands on a CT Stormie and it really does improve the figure completely. A total 180 in quality. No VOTC, but a good passable figure and army builder.

I do not have as many, I think 40 to 50 tops but I have about 30 of them displayed. I have not noticed any yellowing but I only displayed most of them sometime last year. Before that I had them in their blisters and white mailers.

What I have noticed is the damage blaster mark is on all the time on about 5 of them. It looks like they got shoot while I was in the other room ala Toy Story.

Some of them have the damage on and when I rub my fingers over it, it goes away but others stay damaged.

Goof Off would take that off right away, but be wary, it'll eat plastic if you're not careful too. It takes any paint off thought Anton, just be careful. I use it all the time. I take unit insignias off some of my XD figures with it too, and they're a similar material to the blast mark I believe (a decal).

As far as getting the blast damage tod isappear, mine all disappear, so that's a weird one... I do have a spot here and there that won't disappear. I figure it's a manufacturing defect with the decal... It's my only guess.

I recently repacked the box they were in and noticed about half of them now have yellow bubbles.

There seem to be more and more stories of POTF2 figures with yellow bubbles. It's always strange to hear this happening with figures that are kept in storage -- I guess there's factors besides sunlight that affect the bubbles.